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Adelina Marini

The European Commission is presenting a new #enlargement strategy today in the European Parliament. The document will be unveiled by EU High Representative for foreign and security policy Federica Mogherini (Italy, S&D) and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn (Austria, EPP). Stay tuned for live updates

6 February 2018 14:32

Adelina MariniFederica Mogherini: The Western #Balkans are part of Europe geographically. They share the same history as the member states, the same culture, challenges and opportunities. We will share a common future within our EU

6 February 2018 14:38

Adelina Marini#enlargement #Mogherini: 2025 is not a clear date, but a perspective. It is a realistic perspective for those who are currently negotiating but also for those who might start

6 February 2018 14:41

Adelina Marini#enlargement Johannes Hahn: I think it's an historic opportunity for the region. We are talking about a perspective for all the countries in the region

6 February 2018 14:45

Adelina Marini#enlargement #Hahn: 2025 is an indicative date. It is very ambitious but doable

6 February 2018 14:46

Adelina Marini#enlargement #Hahn: EU will never accept a new member state which has not resolved bilateral pending issues, conflicts, however you might call it. It should also serve as a motivation to #Kosovo to also put a positive input. It's not only in the interest of Serbia but of Kosovo to find a positive solution

Adelina Marini#enlargement Mogherini: The #Balkans are a very important and an interesting market

6 February 2018 14:55

Adelina Marini#enlargement #Hahn: European values play an important part in this strategy

6 February 2018 15:00

Adelina Marini#enlargement #Hahn: Couple of weeks ago happened this murder in Northern #Kosovo. Couple of years ago it would have led to a conflict

6 February 2018 15:01

Adelina MariniYou can find the new #enlargement strategy here euinsi.de/ZxfT

6 February 2018 15:03

Adelina MariniA very important sentence in the #enlargement strategy: "Our Union must be stronger and more solid, before it can be bigger". That's the link with the date 2025 when the reform of the Union is supposed to end

6 February 2018 15:25

Adelina MariniThe Commission calls the 2025 date an extremely ambitious perspective, which says a lot about how little confidence the Commission has in the political elites in the region

6 February 2018 15:28

Adelina MariniAnother key sentence which addresses the current ideological rift: "Joiningthe EU is far more than a technical process. It is a generational choice, based on fundamental values, which each country must embrace more actively, from their foreign and regional policies right down to what children are taught at school"

6 February 2018 15:33

Adelina MariniThe current state of the #WB6, as described in the strategy: state capture, corruption, organised crime, control over media, none of the economies in the region can be considered a functioning market economy

6 February 2018 15:41

Adelina MariniThe Commission proposes bilateral resolution of border disputes but when this is not possible it recommends international arbitration

6 February 2018 16:19

Adelina MariniThe debate on the Western #Balkans strategy begins in the EP. Stay tuned for live updates

6 February 2018 16:27

Adelina MariniMogherini: It's important to say a European Union perspective, not a European one because the Western Balkans are already in Europe

6 February 2018 16:28

Adelina Marini#Balkans #Mogherini: We have come somehow to the moment of truth. 2018 is the year when this process can become not only more credible but also irreversible

6 February 2018 16:36

Adelina Marini#Balkans #Hahn: This strategy is not an invitation nor a softening to our criteria and agreements. There are no shortcuts on this European path

6 February 2018 16:43

Adelina Marini#Balkans #Hahn: Enlargement remains a regata not a convoy

Adelina Marini#FAC #Mogherini on #QMV: We never never in these almost 4 years had a problem with unanimity. I don't exclude in the future this to become a problem but now even on defence we decide with unanimity, even with UK still in. What I can indicate as a problem is the problem of inconsistency. On other issues, yes, indeed

16 July 2018 15:20

Adelina Marini

The #Eurogroup will discuss today the outcome of the European Council in the end of June and in particular the future of the euro area